Decolonising Linguistic Landscapes: Paths to Autoethnography as Learning and Teaching Tools in the Landscape
摘要
This chapter explores two different pathways to autoethnographyAutoethnography in the field of Linguistic Landscape StudiesLinguistic Landscape Studies (LLS). The authors provide personal stories which influence their learning and analysing of signsSign in their particular research sites. Stefania Tufi discusses her methodological trajectory exposing the deep entanglements between the researcher and the researched, and as a result of foregrounding the research participants and their own autoethnographic imprint. The affective and relational dimensions emerge strongly in this otherOther-oriented methodology. Amiena Peck provides a meta-reflection on her frustrations as a doctoral student who, at the point of researching diverse languages, cultures and identities, finds herself the spectacle of interest. Amiena’s reflections expand to later ethnographic work in virtual spaces—on youtubeYoutube—wherein autoethnography is used for the first time as a deliberate tool for understanding placemaking, identity and authenticity.